Narrative:The aircraft crashed into a soybean field shortly after takeoff from runway 22.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The flight crew's inadequate and uncoordinated response to the No 2 engine fire warning. The flight engineer failed to correct a gradual power decay on the other engines which occurred while he was retarding the No 2 engine throttle, and the power decay went uncorrected by the pilot and co-pilot. The lack of co-ordination and the lack of corrective action may have been caused by the lack of recent flight crew experience in the L-1049 aircraft.
Contributing to the accident was the aircraft's over maximum take-off weight, the crew's use of less than full power for take-off, and the use of less than take-off cowl flaps which precluded adequate engine cooling."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 184 days (6 months) | Accident number: | NTSB/AAR-80-14 | Download report: | Final report
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Sources:
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accident date:
22-06-1980type: Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation
registration: N74CA
accident date:
22-06-1980type: Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation
registration: N74CA
accident date:
22-06-1980type: Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation
registration: N74CA
Map
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Distance from Columbus Municipal Airport, IN to Seattle/Tacoma International Airport, WA as the crow flies is 3029 km (1893 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.